The solitary occasion we go straight through the middle we nearly scored.
pretty difficult when we don't have a midfield. No Hoolahan. Dropped for Whelan - down to MON.Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
The solitary occasion we go straight through the middle we nearly scored.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
I think we're the better team. We're controlling the game more. Just need more control in final third. Whelan has been good. Ward has been poor. Walters has done well.
Big second half needed
Couldn't agree more. There was a way to approach this game and this certainly isn't it. Up in the air long ball stuff all day long? Pathetic.
The only time we have looked like doing something is when Arter has got on the ball.
It was said a week ago, after Uruguay, that Arter and Hoolahan needed to be the first names on the team sheet. Instead he puts Whelan and Hendrick in ahead of Hoolahan.
Neither have done anything so far.
O'Neill has balls it up with his team selection. At the very least he needs to put Wes on at the start of the second half.
The selection of Long at the back is a bit puzzling also. If he was gong for experience of the big occassion then it clearly wasn't Long's game to play.
Nothing against the lad but he doesn't have the time playing top flight football to warrant a place. Keogh was the man.
Really poor for the opening 20 minutes when all we did was launch the ball forward and lose it. Wasn't Roy Keane talking about going to war? Didn't look like it.
We've been slightly better since we started passing it around on the ground a bit more, but unfortunately we were caught sleeping for the Austrian corner and we've been deservedly punished.
Whelan has at least shown willingness to get on the ball but he's obviously limited and isn't seriously going to offer us anything going forward.
The two bookings were very rash and totally needless.
We badly need Hoolahan on. It's criminal that he didn't start.
We're the better team? Seriously? Not on this evidence
Dunphy suggests we bring on Murphy, Wessi and O'Shea.
Combined age 105.
Says a lot about where we are as a squad.
Can't agree with that. Austria have looked a lot more composed and comfortable than us on the ball. We didn't string three passes together in the first 20 minutes.
CTP , or henceforth Oh Wise One.
I don't like the going to war stuff, we are hear to play football not break people's legs.
WE need goals not broken broken bones, skill not brutality.
More to football than 11 thugs on the pitch.
WE have been real bad in my opinion.
The solitary occasion we go straight through the middle we nearly scored.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Murphy and O'Shea???
Why not Wes, McGeady and one of Horgan or O'Dowda?
In case we don't remember we have to attack
All the good football has came form Austria we have been 95% disappointing.
I don't think Roy was speaking literally...
Anyway, it's not as if we were trying to play football from the kick-off either. That's the problem. First thing we did was a hoof up the field, when Ward booted it forward for Walters and it rolled harmlessly out of play. Our play continued like that for much of the half.
55 minutes in against a small keeper who's played three games in two years, and we haven't had a single shot on target yet
Really great to watch......this stuff what ever you might call it
As inspired a substitution as I have ever seen......where the heck is Wes, McGeady?
Better second half.
65 minutes. This is insane.
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